Programs · Episode
Friday, December 12, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Friday, December 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Ulysses Kay · Waltz, from Six Dances for String Orchestra Westphalian Symphony Orchestra Paul Freeman Vox Box 5157 "The Incredible Flutist" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a Philharmonia Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Sony 45649 "Bizaet: L'Arlesienne Suites" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in g for 2 Cellos, RV 531 Raphael Wallfisch, Keith Harvey, cellos · City of London Sinfonia Nicholas Kraemer Naxos 8550908 "Vivaldi: Cello Concerti, Vol. 2" | |
| Traditional English · "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Matthew Martin, organ · The Choir of King's College, Cambridge Daniel Hyde King's College Choir KGS0060 "In the Bleak Midwinter - Christmas Carols from King's" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Rhapsodie d'Auvergne, Op. 73 Gabriel Tacchino, piano · Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg Louis de Froment Vox Box 3028 "Saint-Saens: 5 Piano Concerti, Others" | |
2 pm | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Gilbert Varga Profil 4089 "Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Serenade" | |
| Traditional · Oi Tata (arr. by Don Byron) Don Byron, clarinet; Erik Friedlander, cello; Glen Velez, frame drums & percussion Island Records 1625310692 "Festival of Lights" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Richard Webster, organ · Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Four Winds 3022 "The Spirit of Christmas" | |
| Jean Sibelius · Violin Concerto in d, Op. 47 (finale) Ilya Gringolts, violin · Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi Deutsche Grammophon 474814 "Prokofiev - Sibelius: Violin Concertos" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" Toronto Symphony; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Andrew Davis EMI Classics 17645 "Handel: Messiah"" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Rejoice Greatly" from "Messiah" Kathleen Battle, soprano · Toronto Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis EMI Classics 17645 "Handel: Messiah"" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Hallelujah" from "Messiah" Toronto Symphony; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Andrew Davis EMI Classics 17645 "Handel: Messiah"" | |
3 pm | |
| Gustav Holst · "Ave Maria" Yale Glee Club David H. Connell Yale University n/a "The Yale Glee Club" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b, BWV 1067 Christopher Krueger, flute · Boston Baroque Martin Pearlman Telarc 80619 "Bach: The Complete Orchestral Suites" | |
| Bryan Kelly · Improvisations on Christmas Carols The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 (1st mvt.) Keith Jarrett, piano · Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies ECM 1565/66 "Mozart: Piano Concertos" | |
| Richard S. Willis / Edmund H. Sear · "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (arr. Philip Brunelle) VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Philip Brunelle Clarion 908 "Welcome Christmas" | |